Korycin

Korycin ([kɔˈrɨt͡ɕin]; Yiddish: קוריצין, romanized: Kartchin) is a village in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.^[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Korycin. It lies approximately 39 km (24 mi) west of Sokółka and 44 km (27 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

Korycin
Village
Invention and Exaltation of the Holy Cross church at night
Korycin
Coordinates: 53°29′N 22°56′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sokółka
Gmina	Korycin
Population
• Total	530
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BSK

In 1900, there were 411 Jews living in Korycin. Nearly all were murdered by the Germans and their collaborators during the Holocaust.^[2]

The Korycinski cheese is traditional food of Korycin, as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland.